A proposal to build a seven-story, 102-unit apartment building on the site of the Bob Baker Marionette Theater in the southern edge of Echo Park will be the subject of a public hearing on May 9. Portions of the theater building, a cultural historic landmark, would be included in the new development. Planning Department

KCET will broadcast a recently discovered episode of Huell Howser’s Calfornia Gold series that features El Alisal, the Highland Park home of historian and author Charles F. Lummis. LAist

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